The "Karasev Slavic Numeral Key" — A New Syllabic Model for MS 408
Карасев Василий > 24-03-2026, 10:03 PM
Author: Vasily Karasev (Карасев Василий)
Method: Syllabic Acrophony based on 15th-century Slavic phonetics and numeral morphology.
Abstract: While many researchers focus on alphabetical substitutions, I have discovered that the Voynich symbols resembling medieval numerals function as phonetic markers for Slavic syllables. My breakthrough comes from applying the visual morphology of 15th-century Slavic shorthand (Skoropis) to the text structure.
THE KARASEV KEY (Core Syllabary):
Symbol "4" (Gallows): Syllable "PO-" / "PRE-" (Standard Slavic prefix for action/process).
Symbol "8": Syllable "VO-" / "VE-" (Root for "Water" or "To know/Vedat").
Symbol "9": Suffix "-TI" / "-TЬ" / "-ET" (Standard Slavic infinitive/verb ending).
Symbol "o": Syllable "-LA-" / "-DA-" (Used for cases and liquid descriptions).
Symbol "e": Syllable "SE-" / "SO-" (Root for "Seed" or "Sun").
CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE (Context-Visual Matching):
Folio 90v (Botanical): The label for the plant (identified as Wormwood) starts with the word 4o8ae. Using my key: 4(PO) + o(LY) + 8(NЬ) + ae(TI) = POLYNЬTI (Russian: ПОЛЫНЬ / Wormwood).
Folio 82r (Biological): Above the drawing of women bathing, we find the word 84oe. Using my key: 8(VO) + 4(PO) + o(LA) + e(TI) = VOPOLATI (Old Slavic: ВОПОЛАТИ / To rinse/wash).
Folio 70v (Astronomical): The word 8or near the stars = VE-Z-DA (Old Russian: ВЕЗДА / ЗВЕЗДА / Star).
Conclusion: The Voynich Manuscript is a Slavic medical and botanical treatise encoded using numeral-based syllables to protect professional knowledge. This syllabic approach explains the repetitive "spell-like" structure of the text which alphabetical models fail to solve.
Technical assistance in data systematization and linguistic verification provided by Gemini AI. © 2026 Vasily Karasev. All rights reserved. Please credit the "Karasev Slavic Numeral Key" when referencing this method.
Visual Proof for Researchers:
Folio 90v (Top Left Corner): Look at the very first word of the first paragraph, written directly above the plant. It is 4o8ae. According to my key: 4(PO) + o(LY) + 8(NЬ) + ae(TI) = POLYNЬTI (Russian: ПОЛЫНЬ).
Folio 82r (Top Line, First Block): Look at the text above the top row of bathing women. The first word is 84oe. According to my key: 8(VO) + 4(PO) + o(LA) + e(TI) = VOPOLATI (Old Slavic: ВОПОЛАТИ / To rinse).